Wagon



June 12, 192s'.

H. H. EIDE WAGON Filed Dec. l1, 1925 xNvENToR AT T'CRNEY WlTNl SS `4I end' provided with eyes or sta Pennies .Ime` `12, 192s.

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tion of a skid track on `which the trucks.

travel when moved onto. or of of a conveyor, which sitively holds the wheels of the L L' truck t ereon and which is supported 1n a manner to prevent any tendency of lateral movement, the said su porting means being vention is better' understood, reference is to i behad.to the drawin which accompany and whlchform part o this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevationshowingthe manner in which the. tile carrying trucks are i arranged on the bodyjof the conve or.

. Fi re2isaperspectivev1ew'o the remov' le skid track.`

Figure `3 is a similar view of the track showing the manner in` which thel rails lconstitu the same 'may be swung toward 'each ot er.- v

.Figure is a sectional view on line L -4 ofFlgurel. f Figure 5 's a sectional view on the line 5--5 of Figure 4.

A8 disclosed in Figure 1 ofthe drawings I make use of ya motor propelled truck 1;-

which I shall hereinafter refer to as the'- conveyor. The body of the conveyor is pref- 1' erablyopenand on theunderfaceof lits bed` portrest when not inuse.l e The bedof the conveyor-1 has its' 8 to reeeve therein hooks 4 rovi -oftheskid track 5. `etrack 5 comprises transverse plates 6 that form ties for the The inner rail (Tis in the natureof channeled member while the outer rails 8 are in natu're of on one end angleirom. Allo!" the rails are pivotally secured to the ties 6, so that the said rails. may be swung or folded together as. disclosed by Figure 3 of the drawings.

The track 5, when in operative position, is braced by a support of a novel construction. The support mcludes a tog plate 9 that carries hooksV 10 to be receive in eyes 11 which depend from the intermediate tie 6 w `of the track 5. The plate 9, at its center,

and at or adjacent Vto its ends, is provided with de nding sleeves 12, each of thesaid sleeves aving elongated slots 13.` In each of the sleeves there 1s received a hollow prop 14, the opposite faces of the said props, at lthe outer ends thereof, bein beveled inwardly and widened. The wi cned portions 15 of the props have their ends toothed, as at 16. The hollow tubular' rops 14 are. en- 70 gaged by threaded ystuds 1 that are guided 1n the slots 13, andthe props'14 are iniiuenced outwardly through the sleeves 12 by helical ,springs 18. The outer ends of the springs engage with abutment plates' 19 in 'Il said props, while the `inner'portions ofthe springs areguided around-posts which are secured. 1n and depend from the head plate 9. B such arr ement it will be noted that e toothed en ofthe props '14 se are at all times forced into Vground e ment, and as the heads of the adjusts le studs 17 may'- contact-with the o posite 'faces 'of the sleeves 12, the tension o the rings 18 may be regulated. However, as the ength Il of the skid vtrack 5 never varies the adjustment ofthe -props with respect to the sleeves is not an absolute requirement.

The bed ofthe conveyor 1 has tioned thereon a track substantially to the lo '.skid track' 5A and the track of the conveyor is designed to receive-thewheels of Vsmall trucks 21 after the same have been wheeled thereon over the skid track 5. The trucks tae preferably' provided with braking means Il r oldi the same on the conveyor. WhatI aimis:

.am a @previas-Heroic conveyor and to be sup rted be neath the bed of ,conveyor w not 'in l use, and over which. track a truck ha man ,ne sae ma is assignee am when arranged on or moved off of the conveyor, said track including spaced ties, rails pivotally secured to the ties, the central rail comprising achannel member, the side rails comprisin angle members2 a removable support for t e track contilprismg a head having means for. attach' e same toone of the ties, slotted sleeves epending from the head,

.hollow props received in the sleeves, guide means for the props .passing through the Q10.

slots of the sleeves, spring means inuenci the props outwardly from the 'sleeves an each of said props ha its faces at its outer end beveled inw:` y, widened and toothed. Y

In .testimony whereof I aix my signature.

HANS H. EIDE. 

